[applause] last year the award went to none other than cal thomas and well deserved it was. cow with his column appeared in more than 500 newspapers nationwide, the most widely read conservative commentator in america, frequent guest on television shows and a regular panelist on the fox news watch, great show callas also when the cable ace award, the george foster peabody award as well from "the associated press" and united press international. although i'm guessing those might've been a while ago. so to pass the baton and present the 2012 william f. buckley award for media excellence, it is an honor to present to you a man i am proud to call my friend, paul tomas. ♪ >> thank you very much, chris. those who do not live in washington and do not have the privilege of listening to christmas talkshow from 9:05 a.m. to noon just before rush comes on, i want to highly recommend it to you. 6:30 wme l. i think chris is one a the best talk show host in the country on par with rash, he is amazing. he's funny, he's accurate and if you haven't discovered them yet, i hope you will. he